Tonight's RAW Supershow comes to us live from the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, CA as Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler welcome us to the show. Advertised for tonight is the Six-Pack Challenge to determine who earns the #6 spot in the Elimination Chamber, The Women's Championship will be on the line and the Championship Chase for Wrestlemania continues with three more contests tonight--Chris Jericho versus Alberto Del Rio, Triple H versus Edge and Jeff Hardy versus San Diego's own REY MYSTERIO.
John Cena enters, accompanied at a distance by his cronies in the Nexus. Cena gets on the mic and berates all of them, saying that they've been nothing but a disappointment since the Survivor Series and that they've produced ZERO results or positioned themselves or Cena, for that matter, in a title picture in any capacity. Cena tells them that he's grown fatigued of being the only one that ever achieves any sort of results and says that the last two weeks in losing to the likes of Punk, Mick Foley and an injured Randy Orton was the final straw. Cena tells them that if they're not going to make the effort to help themselves, he's not going to help them either. Cena tells them that they all have ONE final chance to make an impression in singles contests tonight and says that anyone who fails will be ousted from The Nexus.
CM Punk enters and tells Cena that not only will every member of Nexus fail tonight, but says Cena will be joining them on Losers' Row when he fails to secure the final spot in the Chamber during the Six-Pack Challenge tonight. Punk says that he could take the main event or leave it tonight, because frankly, he feels confident that he can successfully defend the title from any position in the Chamber. So confident in fact, that he's willing to stake the claim that if he cannot secure the #6 spot himself, he will voluntarily enter the Chamber first and go wire to wire. Punk tells Cena to start looking for new people to align himself with, because the hollow shell that WAS The Nexus isn't cutting it. Punk tells The Undertaker that he'd better keep his distance from the contest tonight, or Sheamus will be the least of his concerns at Elimination Chamber. Punk hoists the title over his head as we go to commercial.
Rey Mysterio enters to a HUGE pop from the hometown crowd as the first of three Championship Chase Matches gets underway.
Jeff Hardy def. Rey Mysterio after Drew McIntyre interfered
The finish came when Mysterio attempted a 619, and Hardy dodges, dropping Mysterio with a Twist of Fate. Hardy attempts a Swanton Bomb, but McIntyre charges to the ring and shoves Hardy from the top to the barricade, drawing a DQ. McIntyre steps in to inflict upon Mysterio, but Rey trips up The Chosen One and connects with a 619 before walking into a shot to the head with another crutch by Sin Cara. Bret Hart and Teddy Long try to intervene and stifle the chaos, both come to the agreement that the only logical course of action is a tag team match--RIGHT NOW.
Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy def. Drew McIntyre and Sin Cara
Mysterio drops Sin Cara from the apron with a baseball slide, and sets McIntyre up for another 619. Hardy comes off the top with a Swanton and Mysterio caps it off with a Diving Headbutt for the three count. After the match, Alberto Del Rio jumps Mysterio with an Enziguri and throws Sin Cara full force into the barricade, then locks Mysterio into the Cross Armbreaker. Del Rio gets on the mic and explains his issues with both. Del Rio explains that he’s being overlooked, that everyone is clinging to Mysterio, whose time has come and passed. Del Rio says that he wasn’t in the business six months and everyone started hyping the premiere of Sin Cara as the next great luchador. Del Rio says he is incensed that he only had a six month window to make his impact and his indignance was reflected in his WWE Championship reign.
Del Rio says he’s the past, present and future of the business; but the only way he’s ever going to be at piece is if he gets the chance to put away both those who hold him down and those who threaten to drive him out. Del Rio implores the WWE Board of Directors and specifically, Vince McMahon to make a triple threat match between himself, Mysterio and Sin Cara at Wrestlemania. Before he can get a formal answer, Edge jumps through the crowd and drills Del Rio with a thunderous spear before heading back up the ramp. Bret Hart tells Del Rio to get back to his feet, because his championship chase match is next.
A teaser for the six-pack challenge later tonight as we go to break.
Chris Jericho def. Alberto Del Rio
Del Rio attempts the Cross Armbreaker, but Jericho rolls through and stuns Del Rio with a Codebreaker before applying the Walls of Jericho for the submission victory.
A teaser for the next inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as we go to break.
Kofi Kingston def. Husky Harris
Kofi hits Trouble In Paradise and picks up the three count within seconds of the bell ringing. Cena takes a crowbar and chokes Harris out. Cena then proceeds to rip off the turnbuckle cover and repeatedly bash Harris’ face into the steel ring until blood pours from his face. Cena caps off the beatdown by throwing Harris from the ring apron through the Spanish Announce Table with an F-U.
The 2012 Hall of Fame Inductee is announced--and it’s RAVISHING RICK RUDE.
John Morrison backstage with Jeremy Borash. Morrison tells JB that he plans on unveiling a brand new finishing maneuver tonight, and locking up the #6 spot in the Elimination Chamber.
A teaser for The United States Championship Match up next as we go to break.
Alex Riley def. Michael McGillicutty to remain United States Champion
Solid match. Riley eventually gets the better of McGillicutty with an A-Bomb for the three. Cena fumes, then strangles McGillicutty with wires from the announce table. Cena grabs the ring bell and bludgeons his second Nexus member tonight before leaving him lying in the middle of the ring. Mason Ryan is all that Cena has left before Nexus completely implodes.
The Miz is backstage and promises, not to win the six-pack challenge, but to walk into and out of Wrestlemania as the WWE Champion.
The promo for the Road To Wrestlemania/Elimination Chamber PPV airs.
Lightning flashes across the screen and we cut to the static, snow and the DGL Test Pattern. This week, the phrase “POWER” rolls across the screen, along with the date “03/12/12”. Fade to black and we go to commercial.
Evan Bourne def. Mason Ryan via DQ
Cena jumps into the ring and clobbers Bourne with a steel chair to the face, drawing a DQ and ousting the last confidant Cena had in the Nexus. Cena grabs the mic and says that he’s not going to be held down by dead weight any longer. He says he’s only invested in associates who can build off each other’s success. Cena smacks Mason Ryan across the face and is greeted by a right hook in turn. Ryan beats down on Cena, throwing fist after fist into Cena’s face until drawing blood from his former ringleader’s forehead. Mason Ryan storms off to cheers after leaving Cena lying in the ring. EMTs rush down to help Cena to his feet, but Cena fights them off and struggles back to his feet under his own power, blood dripping to the canvas with every step. Cena uses two officials for leverage to get to the back as we go to another commercial.
Back from break and Bret Hart is rushing to keep things in order, between Cena’s status for the six-pack challenge in question and the possibility of CM Punk abstaining out of indifference. Now Dolph Ziggler approaches Bret and tells him that it’s irrelevant as to whether there’s four, five or one participant in the six-pack challenge, the only thing he needs to know is that Dolph Ziggler will leave San Diego tonight as the #6 entrant in the Chamber. R-Truth sneaks up behind Ziggler and perplexes him with an off-key rendition of “San Diego Superchargers”.
Triple H def. Edge
Edge goes for a Spear, but Hunter sidesteps the Rated-R Superstar and sends him crashing into the referee. Christian hits the ring and tries to hit a Spear of his own, but Triple H dodges a second time, sending Captain Charisma squarely into Edge. Edge takes the full brunt of the Spear and the Game tosses Christian from the ring. Christian can only look on in horror as Triple H plants Edge with a Pedigree and picks up the three count to advance in the tournament. Christian goes to apologize and help Edge to his feet, but The Ultimate Opportunist shoves Christian away and traipses back up the entranceway, frustrated. Triple H gets back to his feet and is met with an attempted Codebreaker, but Hunter has it scouted and drills Jericho with a Double A Spinebuster. Kane shows up out of nowhere and sets up for a Chokeslam, but is met by Sweet Chin Music. Michaels gets in Triple H’s face and we have an intense staredown. Who will challenge the streak at Wrestlemania? The answer Sunday.
Michelle McCool is backstage rallying the troops for the Lumberjack match for the Women’s Championship up next. The mission is clear: Prevent the title from going to Kharma.
The teaser runs for the Six-Pack Challenge, but what’s the status? Can Cena compete? WILL Punk compete? Mystery looms as we go to commercial.
Kharma def. Natalya in a Lumberjack Match to become the NEW Women’s Champion
The lumberjacks simultaneously flood into the ring to try and keep the Diva’s Demolition Machine at bay, but eventually fights them all off and captures Natalya before she can escape. Kharma grabs her by the back of the head and whips her across the ring by her hair. Kharma knocks Natalya out with a spinning backfist to the temple, then drills her with an Implant Buster to pick up the three and the title. Oh, boy. The Women’s Division is in certain peril now.
Backstage cut to Cena fighting off EMTs to get back to the ring. Cena staggers past Punk and the WWE Champion resolves to compete in light of this defiance of doctor’s orders by Cena. The Six-Pack Challenge is NEXT as we go to our final break.
John Morrison def. John Cena, CM Punk, R-Truth, Dolph Ziggler and The Miz to secure the final spot in the Elimination Chamber.
Truth incapacitates both Miz and Ziggler with a Somersault Plancha, leaving only the champion, Cena and Morrison. The lights go out and come back up with Undertaker holding Punk in Tombstone position before dropping him to the canvas. The lights go out again and Taker is nowhere to be found, but Punk is out cold. Cena sets up for the F-U, but Morrison counters out and shoves Cena to the corner. Morrison pays homage to newest inductee Rick Rude by setting up for what appears to be The Rude Awakening, then BACKFLIPS OVER CENA planting Cena skull-first into the canvas with a vicious float-over DDT; the announcers say Morrison calls it “JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND.” Morrison ascends the turnbuckle and finishes the job with Starship Pain, picking up the three and the final spot in the chamber.
Morrison grabs the mic and promises to once again outdo himself en route to winning his first ever WWE Championship and main-eventing Wrestlemania. Morrison goes to ringside, grabs Punk’s belt and climbs the buckle, celebrating with the title as RAW goes off the air.
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